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Re:Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears... by Slansitartop on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:53PM (#16758368)
> Beyond the censorship issues & lawsuits, Google regularly gets a pass when their crummy policies negatively impact people. While it is horrible that some were hurt in the process, I wonder if this will make Google start approaching their huge amounts of power with some civility.

Probably not. Whenever there's a shooting, there seems to be a strong pressure to disregard the idea of addressing the shooter's motives. If anything, I expect Youtube's demonetization policies to attract more sympathy and support, since they were victimized on account of them.

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Re:Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears... by matt-attack on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:03PM (#16758464)
Why then is there such an obsession with determining the motive. Or classifying the act as terrorism or something else.

Honestly I can’t figure out why anyone even cares what the motive was. Doesn’t undo the harm done. The attempt to “understand” is too close to “excusing”. Which then further motivates others to use the same methods.

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Re:Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears... by Slansitartop on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:11PM (#16759142)
Isn't it obvious? To understand causes is to have a better change to predict and prevent these events, at both the individual level and that of sociological forces.
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